Los Alamos

American  

[laws al-uh-mohs, los] / lɔs ˈæl əˌmoʊs, lɒs /

noun

1. a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.

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Los Alamos British  

/ lɒs ˈæləmɒs /

noun

1. a town in the US, in New Mexico: the first atomic bomb was developed here. Pop: 18 343 (2000 est)

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Example Sentences

If that seems like a mouthful, here’s the takeaway from researchers themselves: Allen Scheie, a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, says the result “raises the bar for what can be expected from quantum computers.”

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The comparison with Los Alamos may sound extreme, but the stakes are comparable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

In each case, the new method reproduced results previously obtained from advanced Los Alamos simulations while running more than 400 times faster.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

The project, code named Divider, was the 1,054th nuclear weapons test conducted by the US, according to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which played a central role in helping develop the world's first atomic bomb.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Three years had passed since Bradbury had offered an almost identical defense to the AEC’s Colonel Fields, but Teller had never ceased carping about Los Alamos.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik